One of the challenges with the tax is that it is on volume and Canadians are used to paying a tax on value. So, even though natural gas was less expensive, they paid about 21 per cent of their gas bill in tax.

Carbon cost increases concern farmers

Farmers in Ontario felt the pain of a new carbon tax on grain drying in a tough year. But the real concern is when the carbon taxes continue to grow over the next two years

Ontario grain farmers spent more than $12 million to pay the federal carbon tax to dry their grain in 2019, mostly drying corn. Grain Farmers of Ontario calculated that the […] Read more